Bea Benaderet
Known for Acting · 113 credits
- Born
- 1906-04-04
- Died
- 1968-10-13
- Place of birth
- New York, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Bee Benadaret · Bea Benadaret · Beatrice Benaderet
Biography
Beatrice "Bea" Benaderet was an American actress born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, California. She appeared in a wide variety of television work, which included a starring role in the 1960s television series Petticoat Junction and Green Acres as Shady Rest Hotel owner Kate Bradley, supporting roles as Blanche Morton in The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and as the voice of Betty Rubble during the first four seasons of The Flintstones, and in The Beverly Hillbillies as Pearl Bodine. She did a great deal of voice work in Warner Bros. animated cartoons of the 1940s/50s.
Known For
TV Shows (25)
The Flintstones
1960
as Betty Rubble (voice)
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Cousin Pearl Bodine
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Kate Bradley
I Love Lucy
1951
as Miss Lewis
Green Acres
1965
as Kate Bradley
Matinee Theater
1955
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Mary Field
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
as Telephone Operator (voice)
The Jetsons
1962
as Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Gertrude Gearshift / Gertrude, switchboard operator / Gertrude - Switchboard Operator (voice) / Gertrude Gearshift - switchboard operator / Peggy / Gertrude, switchboard operator (voice)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
as Blanche Morton
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Woman
Pete and Gladys
1960
Top Cat
1961
as Mrs. Ball (voice) / Julie / Mom (voice) / Fancy's Girlfriend (voice) / Fifi The Maid (voice) / Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice)
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
as Dixie Yates / Blanche Morton
The New Breed
1961
as Miss Horne
The Restless Gun
1957
as Madame Brimstone
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Sybil Murdock
Looney Tunes Golden Collection
1946
as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited) / The Fair Melissa (voice) / Cat (voice) / Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited) / Granny (voice) (uncredited) / Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited) / Beatrice (voice) (uncredited) / Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
1953
as Marie
Peter Loves Mary
1960
as Wilma
The Bugs Bunny Show
1983
as Nanny
The George Burns Show
1958
as Blanche Morton
Movies (88)
Notorious
1946
as File Clerk (uncredited)
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
1982
as Witch Hazel (voice)
On the Town
1949
as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
1981
as Granny (voice)
Black Widow
1954
as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
Fowl Weather
1953
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Canary Row
1950
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
1986
as Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
Tender Is the Night
1962
as Mrs. McKisco
Baseball Bugs
1946
as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
1945
as Lou (voice) (uncredited)
Censored
1944
as Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
Wild Wife
1954
as Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
Punch Trunk
1953
as Marsha, Delores
Tweetie Pie
1947
as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
A Mouse Divided
1953
as Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Chow Hound
1951
as Pet Owner
Plunderers of Painted Flats
1959
as Ella Heather
Little Red Riding Rabbit
1944
as Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
Ain't She Tweet
1952
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Room and Bird
1951
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Bewitched Bunny
1954
as Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
For Scent-imental Reasons
1949
as Cat
A Corny Concerto
1943
as Screams (voice) (uncredited)
Swooner Crooner
1944
as Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
Confederate Honey
1940
as Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)
Feed the Kitty
1952
as Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
Gift Wrapped
1952
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Kiddin' the Kitten
1952
as Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Hare We Go
1951
as Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)
Pigs in a Polka
1943
as Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
The Cats Bah
1954
as Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
1944
as Additional Characterizations
A Gruesome Twosome
1945
as Girl Cat
The History of Hooterville
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Doggone Tired
1949
as Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Tweety's S.O.S.
1951
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Snow Business
1953
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Sandy Claws
1955
as Granny
I Taw a Putty Tat
1948
as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
All a Bir-r-r-d
1950
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
2010
as Granny (voice)(archive footage)
Kit for Cat
1948
as Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
An Egg Scramble
1950
as Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947
as Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
1949
as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Scent-imental Over You
1947
as Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
1991
as Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
The First Time
1952
as Mrs. Potter
The Hep Cat
1942
as Bird
Bear Feat
1949
as Ma Bear
Orange Blossoms for Violet
1952
as Violet (voice) (uncredited)
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
1944
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Goofy Groceries
1941
as Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Putty Tat Trouble
1951
as Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)
Puss n' Booty
1943
as Woman (voice)
The Windblown Hare
1949
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Cross Country Detours
1940
as Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
A Street Cat Named Sylvester
1953
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
A Midsummer Daydream
1955
as Woman
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
1950
as The Fair Melissa (voice)
A Bear for Punishment
1951
as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
A Hick, a Slick and a Chick
1948
as Daisy Lou (voice)
Kiss Me Cat
1953
as Vi (voice)
The Bear's Tale
1940
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Quentin Quail
1946
as Baby Toots (voice)
Goo Goo Goliath
1954
as Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
Lovelorn Leghorn
1951
as Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)
Hiss and Make Up
1943
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Tweet Dreams
1959
as Various (voice)
Hare Trimmed
1953
as Granny (voice)
Little Red Rodent Hood
1952
as Granny Mouse (voice)
Feather Dusted
1955
as Miss Prissy (voice)
Book Revue
1946
as Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
Hare Force
1944
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Of Rice and Hen
1953
as Miss Prissy (voice)
It's Murder She Says...
1945
as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
Fresh Laid Plans
1951
Tom Tom Tomcat
1953
as Granny (voice)
Terrier-Stricken
1952
as Frisky's Mistress (voice)
The Hole Idea
1955
as Gertrude
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
1948
as Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)
The Weakly Reporter
1944
as Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
Brother Brat
1944
as Baby Butch's Mom
Doggone Cats
1947
as Dog's owner (voice)
Hollywood Canine Canteen
1946
as Female dog voices
Two's a Crowd
1950
as (voice)
Yankee Doodle Bugs
1954
as Various (voice) (uncredited)
About Bea Benaderet
Beatrice "Bea" Benaderet was an American actress born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, California. She appeared in a wide variety of television work, which included a starring role in the 1960s television series Petticoat Junction and Green Acres as Shady Rest Hotel owner Kate Bradley, supporting roles as Blanche Morton in The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and as the voice of Betty Rubble during the first four seasons of The Flintstones, and in The Beverly Hillbillies as Pearl Bodine. She did a great deal of voice work in War… With 113 credits spanning from 1940 to 2010, Bea Benaderet has appeared in 88 films and 25 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bea Benaderet Movies
- Notorious (1946) — as File Clerk (uncredited)
- Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) — as Witch Hazel (voice)
- On the Town (1949) — as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
- The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) — as Granny (voice)
- Black Widow (1954) — as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
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